Made Trader Card Templates

[Ann McRae]

Next weekend I am doing T & I for a community program with 11 teams - mostly minimites, U6 and U8. I have been told all teams will have orange jerseys, black shorts.
I made templates for trader cards - suspect that it will be the parents of little guys wanting them. I will put name, maybe team name on each, and info on the back if I can figure out that step. Let me know what ou think of these:

1. Simple - for the older ones? Or is it too plain?
http://http://canadian-ann.smugmug.com/photos/154410166-M.jpg
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2. Gradient - this one might be finicky and not easy to manipulate en masse:
http://canadian-ann.smugmug.com/photos/154410187-M.jpg


3.
http://canadian-ann.smugmug.com/photos/154410179-M.jpg


I am open to full critique here.

ann

[W.W. Webster]

I am open to full critique here.I have no idea what a 'trader card' is :scratch but the in-and-out alignment of the vertical text looks unsightly due to the variable width of the individual letters. I suggest these are aligned centrally, rather than left-justified.

[Ann McRae]

Thanks - I was thinking along those lines too - maybe a different font - I'll work on that.

A 'trader card' is a novelty item that imitate baseball cards or comic book cards - collector things.

ann

I have no idea what a 'trader card' is :scratch but the in-and-out alignment of the vertical text looks unsightly due to the variable width of the individual letters. I suggest these are aligned centrally, rather than left-justified.

[W.W. Webster]

A 'trader card' is a novelty item that imitate baseball cards or comic book cards - collector things.Ah-ha! :thumb

[scwalter]

I'm not really a fan of either of those because I don't think they look enough like the real thing. HP has some very nice Topps templates (in Word format, but you can cut/paste the graphics into PS). I think the kids and parents would be more impressed with one that looks more like a real card:

http://www.hp.com/united-states/homefun/fun_with_sports.html

-Scott

[Ann McRae]

Thanks, Scott. I've had a look at those templates (and a bunch of others -
www.mpix.com (http://www.mpix.com)
www.millerslab.com (http://www.millerslab.com)
http://www.colorincprolab.com/ser_cards.html
and a few others - I will try to come up with the links) and seen everything from really elaborate to really simple. The Topps ones are quite simple. I can do that, too. I'll give it a shot.

Any other feedback? BTW, I've implemented WW's thoughts on centering the text, and it works better.

ann




I'm not really a fan of either of those because I don't think they look enough like the real thing. HP has some very nice Topps templates (in Word format, but you can cut/paste the graphics into PS). I think the kids and parents would be more impressed with one that looks more like a real card:

http://www.hp.com/united-states/homefun/fun_with_sports.html

-Scott

[Ann McRae]

Look atthe templates here too:

http://www.millerslab.com/services/pic%5Fa%5Fpac/

Of course I'd include player number and name to fill up the blank space - any more feedback?

ann